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was kneeling in prayer.
lobe and Sam jackson escaped from
the Barlow County tGa.) Jail few nights
ago. lobe had been taken from the con-
vict camp to testify against his brother
and the latter had been convicted.
The Tennessee Hous of Representatives
has passed the prohibition resolution, the
vote being 81 to j. The resolution had
previously passed the Senate.
James McElroy, the negro who was
convicted several weeks ago Of the muir
der of Walter Mort in September last, was
sentenced at Henderson, Ky, by Judge
Gavens to be hanged on May 49,
The people of Augusta, Ga, are moving
TO rebuild the magnificent opera-house re
Gently burned. A subscription list to
builda splendid hotel on the site of the old
Globe Hotel has been started,
The wife of g. V, Severon, travelling
| photographer, committed suicide at Wolf
/ City, Tex, few days ago. The cause
/ was family troubles. She took some
chemical preparation from dark room.
Major J. S. Penn, proprietor and
manager of the Laredo (TeX.) Times. was
recently adjudged violently insane Two
years ago he had severe attack of Rio
! Grande fever, from which he never fully
/ recovered. He is a brother-in-law of ex
| Governor Ireland
Mrs. D. p. Hathaway was, few days
since, appointed by Judge Edwards
deputy commissioner of the Chancery
Court at Louisville, KY. The lady quail
lifted at once, Deputy Clerk John G.
/ Walker administering the oath Of office.
] OIL 10 IN, of no,
and has the distinction Of being the only
woman commissioner ever holding flee
in Kentucky.
A negro named Thomas Gay was re-
Gently arrested by an Atlanta (Ga.) police
officer, and the discovery was made that
in hamper basket which he carried on
his arm from room to room and house to
house, was a complete saloon, on a small
scale The officer found the liquors to be
of the best grade. The negro, it is said,
was making a neat little income from his
novel outfit.
The defalcatiOn Of Treasurer Joseph OF
the Texas Grand Lodge Of Odd-Fellows
seems to embrace all the funds of the or
der he could lay his hands on.
The Goodwin murder trial at Memphis
resulted in verdict OF not guilty, and
Goodwin was discharged.
The Tennessee Midland railroad has
been chartered
The convict system in Georgia will be
antagonized by a company now being
formed at Atlanta to purchase the fur
naces and mines of Senator Brown.
Dominic Isadore Robot, eX-Prefect
Apostolic of the Indian Territory, died at
Dallas, Tex, few days ago, and his re-
mains were forwarded to McAllister, l.
T., for interment.
Seven citizens Of Greer County, Tex,
were arrested and taken to Fort Smith,
Ark, few days ago, and placed under
$4,000 bond in the Federal Court on
charges of lynching a number Of people in
the Indian Territory
Patrick H. Monahan, who some months
ago shot and severely wounded Miss Car
ney at Nashville, Tenn, because she re-
fused to him, was recently convicted and
awarded ten years in the penitentiary
Monahan also shot Mrs. Carney and at
tempted to shoot young man who was
visiting Miss Carney.
DIR. Z. b. Way was assassnated at his
home, about twenty miles west of Hell
ena, Ark, recently. The shot was fired
by an unknown party through the win
dow, the discharge, six slugs, taking eff
feet in his heart, killing him instantly
The murderer has so far escaped.
Some unknown party shot Dill Miles, a
negro, near Smithfeld, Ky, recently,
while Miles was cutting oats IN a barn
Miles died from his wounds. There is nc
clew to the assassin, but it is limited there
is a woman in the case. The pistol was
fired through crack in the barn.
At a meeting of gentlemen interested il
the Tennessee Midland railroad at Nash
vile, Tenn, a few days ago, arrange
ments were perfected for the immediate
survey of line from Memphis to Bristol
There is no doubt that the road will bC
built and that work win soon be com
menced.
Albert Norton, shipping clerk for 4;
leading Mem phis CTcnn.) shoe house, wal
cowhided a few evenings since by
woman named Grace Turner, whit
went into the store where he was at worl
and struck him several times across tn
face. She claimed that Norton haC
beaten her the night before.
A fire broke out in the sweat-room o
the large brick tobacco factory of Davi
Dunlap at Petersb urg, Va, a few night
ago, and in less than half an hour tn
. whole building, with stock machiner,
, and fixtures, was completely consumed
The loss is fully $3.50, 600, partly covere
, by insurance in Northern and foreigl
+ companies.
George w McKelvey, son Of one Of tn
wealthiest and most prominent planter
of Douglas County, Ga, twenty mile
from Atlanta, was instantly killed whil
, coupling cars on the Georgia Pacific, nea
his home McKelvey, who was quit
Young, had become so infatuated with rail
road work that his parents, thOugI
, wealthy and influential, were unable t
keep him off the road.
3 At Mount Carmel, Ky, few days age
+. while John Arnold was loading household
goods in wagon, double barreled shot
gun which he was trying to force in tn
wagon breech foremost was accident.
discharged, killing him instantly an
r mutilating his body in a shocking manner
The British ship Shuan, from New Or
I leans for Havre, went ashore in the Gul
. of Mexico a few days ago, sixty miles ives
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